#119: Do Fathers Matter? With Paul Raeburn

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Until fairly recently, most of the scientific research about parental influence on children usually left out dads. But recent studies have shown that fathers have an important role in the development of children-- from conception into adulthood. Award-winning science writer Paul Raeburn highlights all this new research in his book "Do Fathers Matter?" In today's podcast, Paul and I discuss what we can learn about fatherhood from a hunter-gatherer tribe in South America, how dads can help make their kids more social and verbose, and why every dad should roughhouse with their kids. If you're a dad or plan on being one someday, this is a must listen.

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0:00.0	We're up here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.4	This Sunday is Father's Day, so I thought it'd be great to do a podcast dedicated to
0:22.0	dads.
0:23.0	And my guest today published a book where he wanted to answer the question or figure
0:28.2	out the answer to the question.
0:29.4	Do fathers matter?
0:31.0	His name is Paul Rayburn.
0:32.6	He was a science writer at the AP News.
0:34.5	And what Paul found when he started answering this question is that there isn't a lot of
0:38.0	research out there, scientific research, about the role fathers play in their child's
0:43.1	development.
0:44.1	There's a ton of research and information about the role of the mother, right?
0:47.6	Some conception all the way to adulthood, but there isn't that much out there about dads.
0:51.6	And he wanted to figure out why that is.
0:54.0	And then he wanted to remedy that and highlight what the research is saying, the importance
0:58.1	that fathers play in their child's life.
1:00.8	So today in the podcast, we're discussing Do Fathers Matter.
1:04.1	What science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked with Paul Rayburn.
1:07.8	So let's do this.
1:16.4	Paul Rayburn, welcome to the show.
1:17.9	Thank you, nice to be here.
1:20.2	So your book is called Do Fathers Matter.
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